This article is designed to help students who wish to study Business Education in the Faculty of Education at Lagos State University.
Confirm that Business Education is still listed at LASU before you register for JAMB. A waiver sits between the credit list and the JAMB combination, and it names one subject the general line leaves open.
Lagos State University, also known as LASU, was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence.
The university caters to a population of over 35,000 students enrolled full-time. The university also offers courses at Diploma, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate levels.
Lagos State University is located in Ojo, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. LASU is the only state university in the former British colony. Lagos State University offers diploma, degree, and postgraduate programs, including an MBA program.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Business Education; You require;
Five (5) TC II merit, ‘O’ Level or NTC/NBC credit passes, including English Language, Mathematics, Economics, and two (2) other subjects in the Social Sciences or Arts. For NBC, the other subjects could be from any of the following: Commerce, Office Practice, Principles of Accounts, Secretarial Duties, Typewriting, and Shorthand.
Three qualification types are accepted, covering a Teachers Grade II at merit, ordinary O Level credits and National Technical or Business Certificate passes.
English Language, Mathematics and Economics are named in each case, with two further subjects from the Social Sciences or Arts, or from the business list for NBC holders.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
- LASU accepts any one (1) of Business Methods, Principles of Account, Book Keeping, or Commerce.
The waiver names what LASU wants among those remaining credits. One of Business Methods, Principles of Accounts, Book Keeping or Commerce is accepted, which points the list firmly towards commerce.
JAMB Subject Combination
In UTME, please note that the English Language is Compulsory for this course. Therefore, the three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combinations needed to study Business Education under the Faculty of Education at LASU include;
Mathematics, Economics plus one (1) of Literature in English, History, Government, Geography, Chemistry, and Physics.
The JAMB combination is wider than the course title suggests. English Language, Mathematics and Economics are fixed, and the fourth paper may be an Arts subject or even Chemistry or Physics.
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Direct Entry Requirements
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Business Education if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ Level passes or NCE merit in two (2) relevant subjects.
- NCE merit in Business Education Double Major.
Direct Entry leans on the NCE, accepting a merit in relevant subjects or specifically in Business Education as a double major, alongside two A Level passes.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into LASU for the 2026/2027 session, should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 160 or above in your JAMB result.
The Commerce Waiver Behind LASU Business Education
English Language, Mathematics and Economics appear in both the credit list and the JAMB combination, so those three carry the application whichever certificate you hold.
The waiver then narrows the remaining credits to Business Methods, Principles of Accounts, Book Keeping or Commerce. Read it alongside the general line, and clear 160 in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.